Comic Title: Bat Lash #3
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 909 Third Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Feb/Mar 1969
On Sale Date: December 26, 1968 Newsstand Date December 26, 1968
Source: House Ad, Atom and Hawkman #41, Page 29

Newsstand Date December 26, 1968
Source: Comic Reader, #70

Copyright Date December 26, 1968
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1969


Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Editor: Joe Orlando

Title: (Judge Nero)
Pages: 24

Feature(s):
Bat Lash (of Earth-1)

Plotter/Artist: Nicholas Peter Cardy
Scripter: Dennis J. O'Neil

Reprinted In:
Showcase Presents:Bat Lash TPB (2009)

Feature Character(s)

• Bat Lash (last appearance in Bat Lash #2; next appearance in Bat Lash #4)

Supporting Character(s)

• Daisy (last appearance in Bat Lash #2; next appearance in Bat Lash #4)

Villain(s)

• Judge Nero (no further appearances)
• Snapper and his men (no further appearances)
• Four unnamed gunmen (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Samantha Eggbert (a sheriff's deputy; no further appearances)
• An unnamed sheriff and his wife (no further appearances)
• Annie Jo (a young woman; no further appearances)
• Various townspeople (no further appearances)
• Hiram S. Hiester (a lawyer; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story was not originally titled.

Synopsis:
Bat Lash is taken into a new town by a sheriff's wife. The sheriff tries to kill him, then makes him the new deputy after Bat Lash meets the pretty deputy Samantha Eggbert. When the sheriff is killed by crooked Judge Nero, Bat Lash is framed for the crime. He is convicted and sentenced to hang, but Samantha helps him escape. Bat Lash then leaves town, leaving Samantha behind to face the townspeople.